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> While all these words mean "to give up completely," abandon stresses finality and completeness in giving up.
per https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandon
You may be using it hyperbolically, but if you go out of your way to clarify you don't mean it why use the hyperbole in the first place?
The point of this piece is that you should accept never coming back to things removed from your river - Buddhist attachment, etc.
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> While all these words mean "to give up completely," abandon stresses finality and completeness in giving up.
per https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandon
You may be using it hyperbolically, but if you go out of your way to clarify you don't mean it why use the hyperbole in the first place?
The point of this piece is that you should accept never coming back to things removed from your river - Buddhist attachment, etc.